Padres at Mariners

That distinction fell to left-handed reliever Tommy Layne — who was beaten by a two-out, opposite-field, fifth-inning single by Arizona starting pitcher Patrick Corbin that broke a 4-4 tie and led the Diamondbacks to a 6-5 victory over the Padres on Sunday before 27,639 in the rubber match of a three-game series at Chase Field.

But Marquis didn’t win the game — missing a chance to match a feat last accomplished 22 seasons ago when Andy Benes was the winning pitcher in six straight starts.

“You want to win any time you go out there, if it’s two straight or 10 straight,” said Marquis.

“But it wasn’t to be. Chalk it up to one of those games.”

The anticipated pitching duel between Corbin and Marquis didn’t materialize.

Marquis allowed four runs on seven hits and four walks in 3 1/3 innings in his shortest outing of the season.

The hits included the second, two-run, first-inning homer in as many games by San Diego product Eric Chavez. Twelve of the 21 hitters Marquis faced reached base as the Diamondbacks stranded four runners in the first four innings.

Meanwhile, Corbin entered the game not having given up more than two runs in any of his first nine starts while posting the second-lowest earned run average (1.44) in the National League. He allowed four runs (three earned) on seven hits and two walks in seven innings.

“They made a run, we made a run and they made another run that we didn’t quite match,” said Padres manager Bud Black. “Interesting game.”

But not a totally unexpected outcome for Marquis.

Sure, he had won his last five starts with a 2.27 ERA during the run. But the right-hander had never won a game at Chase Field in Phoenix. Although his record is still 0-4 at Chase Field, his ERA climbed to 4.87.

“My ball doesn’t do some things in Arizona that it does in other places,” said Marquis. “I rely on movement, late movement. I don’t know, maybe it’s the dry air. I don’t seem to get as good a grip on the ball here. I don’t get the movement I do elsewhere.

“Sometimes, a place can be a nemesis.”

Plus, as Marquis pointed out, the Diamondbacks had a “good plan” against him Sunday.

“They came out swinging and put the barrel on the ball. There were a couple positives, but more negatives. They attacked early in the count and I couldn’t stop them.”

“It just looked like Jason couldn’t get anything going on back-to-back pitches,” said Black, who made the decision to relieve Marquis after he walked back-to-back hitters in the fourth while the Padres were still in striking distance.

“He looked a little uncomfortable all day long and we had an extra arm in the bullpen.”

That was the left arm of Layne, who pitched the Padres out of the fourth-inning jam and was working in a tie game when a two-out double by A.J. Pollock in the fifth was followed by Corbin’s second hit of the season — a ball lobbed down the line in left off a high, outside fastball.

“Not where I wanted to put that pitch,” said Layne, who was optioned back to Triple-A Tucson after the game.

The Padres had tied the game in the top of the fifth on a two-run homer by left fielder Carlos Quentin.

Arizona widened its lead to two runs in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI double by Martin Prado, the second baseman’s fourth hit of the game.

The Padres got one run back in the top of the eighth on line doubles to deep left by Quentin and Kyle Blanks — the second hits by both Padres.